The US Catholic bishops voted 204-11 last fall to approve the agreement. The Presbyterian Church-USA has also ratified the agreement. The Reformed Church in America and the Christian Reformed Church are scheduled to consider the agreement at their respective national gatherings this summer. Delegates to the UCC’s 28th General Synod in Tampa will deliberate and potentially approve the Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism.

My concern is with how we, as participants on a liturgical blog, mark or occlude a foundational feature of our liturgical tradition, namley how it spells time and rhythm in our lives, including our lives in the contemporary blogosphere. I would welcome some thoughts on that.

by Pádraig McCarthy
“The response from the Executive Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference to the Association of Catholic Priests was offered as a response to the the Association. Yet it does not address any of the genuine concerns which were put to them.”

“It could be argued that this translation makes a caricature of the text. It is hardly the faithful translation insisted on in Liturgiam authenticam. It must therefore call into question the competence of the Vatican editorial process.”

The central leadership of the church does not perceive accurately the various mentalities in the universal church and the Vatican lacks “sensibility for central Europe,” said the former official of Vatican Radio.